Manus Sunoco News Today

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, who’s grappling with an increase in youth crime, and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who’s pushing an expansive juvenile detention center, should talk to Antonio Howard.

Erie Arts & Culture will commission at least 10 new new murals this summer and 50 total by the end of 2023. The project will create seasonal jobs.

Researchers, creatives, and art therapists from across Pennsylvania discuss the role that art can play in building and healing communities, and in achieving mental health and wellness. The Pennsylvania Arts Council offers resources to support members of the arts community as they work to stay safe amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health experts and advocates discuss how trauma affects people; the ways racial, gender, economic, and other inequalities factor into and compound the issue of tra...

But that borrowing was a vital lifeline for the family-owned downtown Erie business that Stephanie Manus oversees. Manus is a co-owner of Manus Sunoco, 26 E. 12th St., a five-employee gas station and convenience store that has operated 24 hours a day since the coronavirus pandemic spawned nationwide shutdowns in March.  However, Manus estimates that the early months of the pandemic cost the five-employee business nearly 65% of its business “because people weren’t going anywhere and peopl...